Motorola teases upcoming smartphones via Moto Razr advertisement

It is still not clear what the ad is all about, but it does hint at a date - June 9, which is when Lenovo’s Tech World conference starts.

TOI Tech

May 21, 2016, 09:27 IST

Recently, it was reported that Lenovo may announce the new Moto Zsmartphone line up at the upcoming Tech World conference. The new Z series will be replacing the existing Moto X range. Now, the company has posted an ad on YouTube focussing on its old Moto Razr feature phone.

It is still not clear what the ad is all about, but it does hint at a date - June 9, which is when Lenovo’s Tech World conference starts. It is widely speculated that the company will be announcing the new line of Moto Z smartphones at the conference.

The shift in the brand name would likely mean that there won't be any Moto X smartphones in future. It is also speculated that the two Motorola smartphones spotted last week, codenamed Vector Thin and Vertex, would be launching as the Moto Z Style and the Moto Z Play respectively.

Some online media reports also add that the modular accessories for the upcoming smarpthones will be sold as 'MotoMods' instead of 'Amps,' as was believed earlier. The change in branding is likely to affect Verizon's exclusive 'Droid' range of Motorola smartphones as well. The handsets are rumoured to carry the Moto Z Style 'DROID Edition' and Moto Z Play 'DROID Edition' names. However, there's no official confirmation for the same.

If the aforementioned claims are true, Motorola would become the third brand to change its smartphone brand this year. We have already seen HTC ditching the 'One' moniker from its latest flagship with the HTC 10, while Sony has replaced its entire Xperia Z line up with the X series.

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